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What is swatting? You've probably seen it in the news recently - famous celebrities in Los Angeles like Chris Brown , Miley Cyrus ,  Justin Bieber , Ashton Kutcher , Simon Cowell , Tom Cruise , and the Kardashians have been targeted. Swatting is when a hacker pretends to be someone by hacking their phone line, cal\lling 911, and reporting a fake emergency to the victim's address - normally a kidnapping/hostages, bombings, shootings, or murders - which requires heavy police presence to respond to the home, sometimes with guns drawn, only to have police show up to find that the call was a hoax. It seems to be an evolution of ' phreakers ' who gained notice in the 1970s when they would hack into phone companies computers and make free long-distance calls. These calls are very dangerous because they are similar to calls departments receive about real shootings  or murders. The police show up ready for a crazy person, possibly armed, only to find i...

Douglasville is a city in Georgia located just outside of Atlanta in Douglas County .  It is one of the fastest growing cities in Georgia and can now be found on SpotCrime ! Douglasville, GA SpotCrime map SpotCrime is mapping this information with the help of the Douglasville Police Department .  You can also find the SpotCrime Douglasville map on WXIA , along with other Douglasville news  under the Rowson Crime Scene.  The WXIA Crime Scene also has links to other crime maps in the Atlanta area . SpotCrime maps on WXIA Interested in learning what occurs in your Douglasville area?  Head to SptoCrime or MyLocalCrime and be sure to sign up to receive a map of crimes around a specified radius around your address (for free!) directly in your inbox!   Don't see your city or county mapped?  Contact your local police department and let them know we will map your area for free. Prevention is the best tool against cr...

You can now see what crime incidents occur in Duluth, GA ! Duluth is a suburb of Atlanta located in the northern part of the Atlanta metropolitan region .  The population is approx 27k and is the second largest city in Gwinnett County . In 2008 it was named Best Affordable Suburb in Georgia by BusinessWeek and in 2009, Duluth was ranked 26th by Forbes as one of the best places to live in America!  Now they make their crime data publicly available, what a great city! SpotCrime is mapping Duluth with the help of the Duluth police department .  When you check out the maps at SpotCrime or MyLocalCrime , you can see that there are quite a few 'other' icons.  If you hover over the 'other' icons, it shows mostly that a suspicious person was reported.  Residents have been doing a great job keeping an eye out for crime! You can also check out the map at WXIA 11Alive .  And you can even stay up to date on Duluth news at WXIA by changin...

SpotCrime is now mapping Fulton County, GA .  You can find a Fulton County map on MyLocalCrime , too! Fulton County holds Atlanta - Georgia 's state capital.  The population is estimated at over 1 million residents!  The Atlanta metropolitan  area is the 9th largest metro area in the US.   The county is home to the headquarters of many businesses like Coca-Cola, UPS, Delta Airlines and Home Depot.  The Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport is located in the county and has been the busiest airport since 1988! Interested in crime news?  Check out WXIA and Rowson's Crime Scene for the latest crime news in the Fulton County area.  You'll find SpotCrime maps on their website, a short video on how to use our map widget and videos and links to crime reports in the area.  There is even a video of a local resident who caught his house being burglarized on camera ! Be sure to sign up for crime alerts in yo...

The above map shows shootings in and around Atlanta recorded by SpotCrime.com. The date range used for this map is January to October 2008. Sources for this data include the Atlanta Police Department and local news media.